He also directed movies, including the 1981 film The Chinese Stuntman. Ho kept shooting martial arts movies until the 1980s. Being very successful, fans recognize it as one of the best biopics of Bruce Lee. Li choreographed the combat sequences himself. In 1976, Ho reprised his role as Bruce Lee in Bruce Lee: The True Story (also known as Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth), a biography film. Ho carried on by playing in two unofficial sequels to Bruce Lee's classic Fist of Fury.
Li appeared in Return of the Tiger, starring Angela Mao. Li was dubbed the "Tiger" to Lee's "Dragon". In the 1976 movie Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger, Li meets Lee who points to him as the one who shall replace him. The producers really wanted to show Li as the "official" successor of Bruce Lee. Li even appeared in Bruce Lee Against Supermen where he stars as Kato, assistant of the Green Hornet, a role originally played by the real Bruce Lee. Under the name "Bruce Li", some Taiwanese and Hong Kong producers decided to directly credit him as "Bruce Lee", even going so far as to use the real Bruce Lee's picture on posters. He would star in other Bruceploitation pictures in 1976 with The Young Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth. While Ho was finishing his military service, he appeared in Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death. Īfter this, Ho was employed by producer actor Jimmy Shaw who gave him the name of Bruce Li. Afterwards, the producers of Game of Death asked him to finish their movie in Lee's role, but Ho declined the offer. Hong Kong studios noticed that Ho resembled the kung fu star. He went to play a stuntman in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the name of James Ho.Īfter the death of Bruce Lee, Ho Chung-tao's acting career began. JSTOR ( July 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources.
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